Serial Strawberrier

The strawberry never even had a chance. We were sitting on the floor eating our dinner and playing with Nathan, watching March Madness in progress, when all of a sudden... Nathan pivoted on his knees, spun completely around and lunged. In a moment the strawberry was off Mom's plate and it was all over; he had the strawberry and wasn't letting go. Seeing a disaster in the making, he was removed from the carpeted playing area and benched in his dinner seat until further review of the events were competed. Seeing how things couldn't get messier, he was allowed to continue his dominance of the strawberry until he was satisfied.

Too Many Cookies

So Nathan loves to eat, and will eat just about anything. However, one night he decided to eat dinner with the family, and he got a couple of baby teether cookies. He finished them both, but gave us all a few expressions that we couldn't help but laugh at.

Georgia on My Mind

So here we are in Georgia. It's 75 degrees outside on this gorgeous Sunday and we enjoyed dinner out on the patio. The birds are chirping, the sky is blue, and the grass is turning a shade of green. Nathan is finally sleeping after 3 hours of stimulating spiritual upliftment at church and a hearty lunch.

The good news from this past little while is that Seth and I are both working for money now that I've finished my internship and the hospital has hired me on till we leave. We are hoping to be back in Rexburg soon, which is weird to say. It's hard to imagine ever "wanting" to go back. The best part is we'll be close to our best friends again and be around a few other babies Nathans age. I think we miss that the most because it was always fun to watch how he interacted with others his age. Not to mention we enjoyed being with all of you guys who are going through exactly what we're going through with raising our first child.

We don't have a firm date in mind, but Seth would like to go to the Spring semester and get some more classes done and be one step closer to graduation. And I want to have one month of work in before we go to have a little money to fall back on, so we're going to find ourselves a happy medium. We'll let everyone know when the time gets a couple weeks closer.

Caught in the act

For all of you who haven't been around little Nathan recently, he is mischeivous and loves attention. He pulls over his toy basket, loves electrical cords/wires/and strings of all kinds, and is now slapping his hand on his dinner tray and other objects just to make noise. I'm pretty sure that he knows he's been caught in the act in this picture.

Books

Nathan loves to read (or be read to at least). He has a plethera (and yes, I DO know what a plethera is) of books to choose from. He has Dr. Seuss's ABC book, The Foot Book, and a new favorite - Go, Dog, Go! (Grandpa reads that one the best). So with many more books to choose from, our little Nathan is soon going to be a literature genius.

The Work Load

Living in Georgia has its upsides and downsides. Seth is still waiting to hear back from the CDC about the internship and no one else does winter internships that he's checked with, so we're waiting for the summer to roll around. Being around family is great too, and they take good care of us. Honorable mention goes to the warm weather and sunny skies while it can be equally bad with the wind and rain that keeps us inside. We of course miss all our friends that we've made and are trying to make new ones here, though with everyone having "real jobs and lives" it makes it a little more difficult. Katrina was extended a job position at the hospital she's working at since a nurse is quitting and she has been doing such a great job. If worst comes to worst at least she can work there for a bit before we head back to Rexburg. We hope Seth will hear from the CDC soon and we can have a better plan for the future.

The Latest

So the big news around here is the flu that is going around. Seth got it first and was out of commision for at least three days. He then got better and the rest of the family got sick. Poor little Nathan didn't get what Dad had, but he got a stuffy nose and couldn't breathe while sleeping or eating and had a terrible fit of it all. And now Mom is sick and exhausted from having to watch after everyone else.